The Beaumonts Where Do You Want It Saustex Media, 2013 Review by Kent Manthie       On this second of CDs by a quintet from Lubbock, Texas’s, The Beaumonts, entitled Where Do You Want It we get a follow-up from their debut as The Beaumonts “continue to right the wrongs of the recent musical past…” […]

Churchwood Churchwood 2 Saustex Media Reviewed by Kent Manthie       Churchwood is back, this time with a new full length album, simply entitled Churchwood 2.  This Austin, TX band is a wild bunch of snake-eyed rhythm devils.  Those who remember their debut album and were wowed by it will be delighted to revel in […]

The Copper Gamins Los Ninos de Cobre Saustex Media, 2012 Reviewed by Kent Manthie      The Copper Gamins are keeping things going with their new CD, Los Ninos de Cobre.  It is a follow up to their debut EP from last year (2012).  They bring an authenticity with their love of the blues and […]

Here is a little info on some interesting and hard-to-find experimental stuff that you can either buy or trade (for other, like-minded stuff) – either cassettes or CD-Rs.  I got this off Facebook but decided to post it here since I’ve reviewed a lot of Stirner’s stuff and he has worked w/Hal and it’s through a […]

Shaun Robert, et al. Factor X Monochrome Vision Review by Kent Manthie   Mutant Beatniks is one of the latest incarnations of a long continuum of experimentalist Shaun Robert, who began creating music around 1979, as sort of a hobby that somehow turned into something bigger than her expected.  By 1983 Factor X was born as […]

Cum sock/Ego Death Split CD Fight ‘Til You Die Sewer Records Review by Kent Manthie   So – we have another split CD featuring the world famous Cum Sock, with 30 blazing, super-fast speed-metal tracks and six tunes by noise merchants, Ego Death.  This time, the blitz comes to you from your friends at Sewer […]